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How to Build an Igloo (Arctic Notebook 1)

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Film Details

Title: How to Build an Igloo (Arctic Notebook 1)
Year: 1949
Duration: 0:10:32
Director: Douglas Wilkinson
Writer: unknown
Producer: National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Narrator: Doug Wilkinson
Sponsor: The National Film Board of Canada
Establishing Shot: A static mid-shot on two Eskimos building an igloo. The igloo is on the left. A man walks to the igloo and stands by it while another man is carrying a brick of ice to the igloo.
Major Themes: The film is about how Inuits build an igloo. The narrator explains the process of building an igloo and the function of the igloo in detail.
Other: Director of Photography: Chester C. Kissick. Cinematography: Neil Harris. See also:

Tribes: Eskimo (Inuit) (Yup 'Ik)

Categories: eskimo igloo inuit

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